The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

the water, or painting strang,
. fantastic pictures on the roel
above, and again, q tropic fores
where n could fancy he heard som
5 tar-otf bird calling to his mate fro,
low-hung boughs. amid the groves c
spice and balm.
Freddie drew Il long breath of rapt
ure. To her they were marvels G
artistic expression.
II would give it all up, Freddie, 70
your sake, if must
Tears sprang to her eyes. Sh,
looked across to her grandfather
meadow, where the men were ut work
and pointed to them with an invol
untary look of contempt on her pretty
face.
'And be-like them?:"
'Yes, even like them. or near as
nature would permit. Freddic--thcre
would be q difference, lfancy, ever
then"
"Max!' joyfully springing TO the
ground in her excitcment-'I have a
plan to propose to YOU" and with
many inter octions and exclamations,
and much eXultant laughter, She pre-
ceedad to unfold its details to Max.
Couldn't have happened at worse
time" growled Grandfather Blythe, as
he contemplated his puffy. tender
ankle. streaked with yellowish grecn---
a bad sprain that he had got from
chasing a refractory colt.
yes" answered the doctor, a cal
low young man. with straight, yellow
locks, immense goggles, and a profess
sional gravity of manner. '.this prom
ises to be something serious, Mr..
Blythe"
"And there is the hay ready to cut
and get in before it rains. and no help
hardly. and none to be got for love or
money!
"Grandpa.' said q soft voice from
the other room, "l,erc is a man who is
looking for work.
"send him here at once" said the
old man, forgetting fol- a moment the
agonizing twinges Of his ankle in his
anxiety for his hay.
A tall form, with an awkward stoop
in his shoulders, clad in a long linen
and s%u"mounted by y head of
struggling red hair, showed itself at
The open door.
'Humph!' growled the testy oecu.
OF the lounge, $50 you want
work, do you' What can you do?'
"Wa'al," drawled a loud nasal
Il can do most any thing, but
q master hand in a hay field, !
Brought up on a farm, We
zee, and bin used to it all my life"
Freddie called the squire, give
lin something to cat. l s'pose he's
lWngry-they always are. And after
les fed, show him the way to the
meadow"
Freddie. almost convulsed with mer-
iment at the gawky strangers man.
lei. came forward obedicntly and of.
cred to conduct him to the kitchen,
ut he declined to eat "'till twas
he said. slouched off with a
mping gait toward the hay field.
lalf an hour aftcrward Grandfather
watching the stranger from
window, saw him loading hay
18th a swiftness and dextcrity that
istancc! all competitors. L
His awkward movements, his limp {
walk, and his frowzy red hair F.,
'emed to acquire almost dignity by I
he facility and ease with which he {
F.,
Hes u prize" chucklcd MI. Blythe;
worth a dozen ordinary pitchers. OF |
purse he'll run away in n day OF two; i
lesc tramps always do" ,
'Bnt. contrary to Squire Blythe's {
reelection, he did Eet. On the cor. {
AIRY, he grew more and more helpful. g
the season advanced. and as Squire ,
'
lythe grew more and more incap.
Die OF using his foot, the tramp's ex- u
and advice proved valuable
the irritable old man. until at last
} came to DO regarded as an author j.,
=. to be respected, and consulted on
| doubtful points.
1t was Thanksgiving. and the odors u
fruit, spices and all sorts of savory G
nells filled the Blythe kitchen and O
ning.room. where Freddie fitted p
'out dimpling with smiles, preparing Fl
G Thanksgiving dinner O
SANDY" as the red haired stranger 8
as called, sat by the south window, n
hich was filed with crimson roses n
ID white chrysanthemums. /,
lie held a newspaper in his hands, G
II engaged in reading, but his eyes c.
andered from It's columns TO where f,
eddie stood, her sleeves rolled up t,
'ove her round dimpled elbows, her a
lite hands covered with -four, her 4
flushed with exercise. ii
Grandfather Blythe walked into the v
leaning heavily on his cane. i,
llf way across the room he paused ~
Il smoke tn t.Sondv :